South Padre, Texas Officials Worried About Potential FEMA Cuts June 19, 2025 By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune In the wake of the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut back on federal disaster spending, South Padre Island officials...
Justices Back Temporary Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Site June 18, 2025 By Greg Stohr and Zoe Tillman The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste...
Oklahoma Man Arrested for Illegal Marijuana Grow Operations June 18, 2025 An Oklahoma man faces felony charges for illegally growing marijuana, Attorney General Genter Drummond’s office announced. Hui Tang, 51, of...
How Big Batteries Could Prevent Summer Power Blackouts June 18, 2025 By Kyle Stock In any other year, May 14 may well have been an energy disaster in Texas. Temperatures climbed to seasonal levels...
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Bill Limiting Bad Faith Lawsuits Against Insurers June 17, 2025 By Ezra Amacher Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry vetoed a bill last week that would have limited bad faith lawsuits against insurers, a move...
Texas Department of Transportation Data Breach Exposes 300K Crash Records June 17, 2025 The Texas Department of Transportation said a compromise of an account led to a data breach of a large number...
Death Toll From San Antonio Flooding Rises to 13 June 17, 2025 The death toll from heavy rains that inundated parts of San Antonio has risen to 13, and all those missing...
US Supreme Court to Hear Chevron, Exxon Appeal Over Louisiana Coastal Damage June 16, 2025 By Nate Raymond The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other oil and gas...
Artemis Acquires Louisiana’s Tyner Jeter Insurance June 16, 2025 Artemis Insurance, the parent brand of Texan Insurance, Ozark Insurance, and Marek Insurance, announced the acquisition of Baton Rouge-based Tyner...
New Orleans Officer Cleared in Puppy Shooting, City to Pay $10K in Damages June 16, 2025 By Jack Brook A jury in federal court ruled that a New Orleans police officer who shot and killed a puppy had violated...